DOS ain't dead

Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? (Developers)

posted by marcov, 12.05.2011, 10:50

> People like it because it's so small and fast. The only downside is (of
> course) it's old and (only) 16-bit. Well, and DOS-based, but that's to be
> expected (and no other 16-bit OS lived as long or as well.)

For a living I'm a lot in factories, and often not the most hightech kind.

While most use Delphi now, I occasionally see TP apps still in departments in charge of electronic wiring and equipment, and even rarer in the (quality assurance) labs.

Often I can't be sure though, since I see a TV app, and it might be TC++ as well.

It's rare nowadays though. Since most software in such department is tied to certain equipment, I think that even the most decrepit stuff from the early nineties has been replaced mostly nowadays.

> There's probably many still using it, but I doubt many public projects
> still do (esp. with 64-bit incompatibility) except for niche uses ("gotta
> be small, fast, for DOS").

The departments I'm talking about above, probably won't encounter 64-bit till the 2020's

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  • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - marcov, 11.05.2011, 23:40
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    • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - fm77, 12.05.2011, 10:00
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